SQLite

searchcode.com’s SQLite database is probably 6 terabytes bigger than yours 2025/02/16 (1949 words)

A developer details the migration of searchcode.com's database from MySQL to SQLite, resulting in what might be the world's largest SQLite database at 6.4TB. The migration involved implementing BTRFS compression, upgrading to a powerful server with an Intel Xeon CPU, and successfully maintaining performance across all operations.

Siren Call of SQLite on the Server

An analysis of using SQLite in server-side production environments reveals that while technically capable, it introduces unnecessary complexity compared to traditional client-server databases. Despite SQLite's reliability and performance, implementing features like high availability and backups requires additional infrastructure, potentially negating its main benefits.

GitHub - QuadrupleA/sqlite-page-explorer: Visual tool to explore SQLite databases page-by-page, the way they're stored on disk and the way SQLite sees them.

SQLite Page Explorer is a cross-platform GUI application that allows developers to examine SQLite databases at the page level, providing insights into B-Trees, index structures, and storage efficiency. Built with redbean, it's distributed as a single 6.5MB executable that runs natively on multiple operating systems and architectures.